2026 US–Denmark–Greenland agreement

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The 2026 United States–Denmark–Greenland agreement, also called the Greenland security deal is a trilateral defence agreement between the United States and the Kingdom of Denmark together with Greenland, an autonomous territory of Denmark. It was signed on 22 September 2026 by US President Donald Trump, Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen and Greenlandic Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen, at the United Nations Headquarters in New York City. It amends and supplements the existing 1951 Greenland Defense Agreement and its subsequent arrangements, expanding and clarifying the framework for the United States military presence in Greenland. The agreement authorizes the United States to modernise and expand Pituffik Space Base and provides for additional American defence areas at Narsarsuaq and Mestersvig, while establishing a procedure for further defence areas. It also provides for accelerated consideration of unmanned military installations, broad American rights of military access,...

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